WV HAS 323 NEW COVID-19 CASES THURSDAY -Record High WV Hospitalizations, Near Record High Active Cases In US Thursday

(10/22/2020)
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 323 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths on Thursday.

The report from the DHHR stated that as of 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, there have been 704,001 (+8,474) laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 21,067 (+323) total cases and 418 (+5) of those cases resulting in deaths.

According to the DHHR’s coronavirus dashboard, there are currently 4,473 (-633) active cases and 16,166 (+951) recovered cases in the state.

DHHR confirms 29 COVID-19 cases at New Martinsville Center Nursing Home.

WV has a record high in hospitalizations.

Active COVID-19 cases near 1,000 again in Kanawha County.

Listed below are the total numbers of COVID-19 cases per county, according to the DHHR’s latest report:

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (166), Berkeley (1,473), Boone (318), Braxton (51), Brooke (199), Cabell (1,266), Calhoun (33), Clay (56), Doddridge (67), Fayette (739), Gilmer (64), Grant (179), Greenbrier (163), Hampshire (122), Hancock (198), Hardy (102), Harrison (629), Jackson (363), Jefferson (545), Kanawha (3,426), Lewis (70), Lincoln (221), Logan (727), Marion (366), Marshall (267), Mason (168), McDowell (107), Mercer (625), *Mineral (204), Mingo (538), Monongalia (2,248), Monroe (214), Morgan (114), Nicholas (179), Ohio (485), Pendleton (73), Pleasants (23), Pocahontas (66), Preston (186), Putnam (810), Raleigh (702), Randolph (395), Ritchie (33), Roane (92), Summers (88), *Taylor (164), Tucker (60), Tyler (28), Upshur (233), Wayne (523), *Webster (25), Wetzel (112), Wirt (35), Wood (513), Wyoming (202).